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Gives Birth (3rd)

Tatiyajanasutta

A person is created by craving and their destiny is shaped by their deeds.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 1.57Linked Discourses 1.57
  • 0.26. Jarāvagga6. Old Age

0.3TatiyajanasuttaGives Birth (3rd)

1.1“Kiṁsu janeti purisaṁ,“What gives birth to a person?1.2kiṁsu tassa vidhāvati;What do they have that runs about?1.3Kiṁsu saṁsāramāpādi,What enters transmigration?1.4kiṁsu tassa parāyanan”ti.What is their destiny?”

2.1“Taṇhā janeti purisaṁ,“Craving gives birth to a person.2.2cittamassa vidhāvati;Their mind is what runs about.2.3Satto saṁsāramāpādi,A sentient being enters transmigration.2.4kammaṁ tassa parāyanan”ti.Deeds are their final haven.”1

Translator’s notes

  1. This is illustrated at SN 3.21.

    ↩ sn1.57:2.4